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QMJHL All-Rookie Team (2007)
Traded to Chicago by Florida with Alexander Salak for Jack Skille, Hugh Jessiman and David Pacan, February 9, 2011. Signed as a free agent by Chomutov (CzRep), September 22, 2012. Traded to Winnipeg by Chicago for Winnipeg's 3rd (John Hayden) and 5th (Luke Johnson) round choices in 2013 Entry Draft, June 30, 2013.

PLAYER BIO

CAREER:

2011-12: Notched 15 points (5G, 10A) in 62 regular-season games … Matched a career high with 32 blocked shots … Registered 55 hits, the second-most of his career … Tallied a season-high five shots on goal three times … Posted two multi-point outings, tallying a season-high two helpers against MIN on Jan. 12, and a goal and an assist on Oct. 29 against CBJ… Appeared in his 300th-career NHL contest at NSH on March 25 … Registered an assist and a season-best +2 plus/minus rating on Oct. 18 at PHX … Shared second on the club with three points (2G, 1A) in four postseason appearances vs. PHX in the Western Conference Quarterfinals … Posted a postseason career-long three-game point streak (2G, 1A).

2010-11: Totaled 11 goals and a career-high 27 assists in 80 regular-season tilts with the Blackhawks and FLA … Registered five or more shots on goal 16 times, including four games with a season-high seven shots … Notched nine points (3G, 6A) in 28 regular-season contests with the Blackhawks after being acquired in February … Posted his first points in a Blackhawks uniform with a three-point effort (1G, 2A) on March 2 vs. CGY … Logged a season-high 21:10 of ice time for the Blackhawks on March 13 at WSH … At the time of his acquisition (Feb. 9) from FLA, he ranked second on the Panthers with 21 assists and 29 points (8G, 21A) in 52 regular-season tilts … Collected an assist for the 100th point of his NHL career on Nov. 20 at NYI … Registered goals in three straight games from Nov. 5-10 … Compiled a five-game point streak (4G, 4A) from Oct. 30-Nov. 10 … Tallied three points (1G, 2A) on Nov. 10 vs. TOR … Ranked second on the Blackhawks with five points (2G, 3A) in seven contests during the Western Conference Quarterfinals in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut … Notched three points (1G, 2A) in Game 4 vs. VAN on April 19 … Tied Game 6 on a penalty shot vs. Cory Schneider in the third period, the first player in Blackhawks franchise history to convert on a penalty shot in the postseason.

2009-10: Ranked second on FLA after matching a career-high 21 goals and shared third with 43 points while appearing in all 82 regular-season tilts with FLA … Finished third on the club with a career-best five power-play goals … Paced FLA with 219 shots on goal … Third on the team with 41 takeaways … Tallied seven goals, 12 assists and a +9 rating in 20 games against Atlantic Division opponents … Recorded a career-best 12 multi-point games, including one three-point outing … Netted four goals over a season-long three-game point streak from March 3-9 … Notched a pair of multi-goal games … Fired a career-high 9 SOG on Dec. 7 vs. EDM.

2008-09: Ranked third on FLA, set a career best with 21 goals and shared fourth with a career-high 45 points in 79 regular-season contests in his rookie campaign … Shared third on the club with a career-high +10 rating … Netted a career-high 2 GWG … Compiled two four-game point streaks during the year, the longest of his NHL career … Posted 11 multi-point efforts, including a trio of three-point outings.

2007-08: Capped his two-year career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with 24 goals and 41 assists in 45 regular-season contests with Rimouski Oceanic … Tallied six points (2G, 4A) and 12 PIM in nine QMJHL postseason games.

2006-07: Made his North American debut with Rimouski, recording junior career bests with 31 goals, 42 assists and 73 points in 52 regular-season games.

2004-05: Split the season across three levels of competition with the Czech Republic’s HC Kladno, tallying 24 points (12G, 12A) in 42 regular-season games … Registered one assist in one postseason game with HC Kladno U18 … Recorded 20 points (9G, 11A) and a +9 rating in 15 regular-season games with HC Kladno U20 … Notched one assist in five playoff games … Posted four points (3G, 1A) and 6 PIM in 27 regular-season games with HC Kladno … Skated in one postseason game.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER

Won a bronze medal with the Czech Republic at the 2012 World Championship, notching three points (2G, 1A) in 10 games … Recorded five points (3G, 2A) and a +4 rating in nine games at the 2011 World Championship for the bronze medal-winning Czech Republic squad … Posted five goals in six contests with the Czech Republic at the 2008 World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic … Registered six points (4G, 2A) in six games for the Czech Republic at the 2007 WJC in Sweden, a tournament that also featured teammates Patrick Kane (USA) and Jonathan Toews (CAN) … Tallied five points (2G, 3A) in seven outings with the Czech Republic at the 2006 U18 World Junior Championship in Sweden … Totaled one assist in six appearances with the Czech Republic at the 2006 WJC in Canada … Recorded four points (3G, 1A) in seven contests with the Czech Republic at the 2005 U18 World Championship in the Czech Republic … Posted four points (3G, 1A) in seven games with the Czech Republic at the 2005 WJC in Thief River Falls, Minn. … Held without a point in two outings with the Czech Republic in international debut at the 2004 U18 World Championship in Belarus.

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